TCSIT

Okay. TCSIT was amazing, and the whole time I was thinking, "Here I am, now, for the last time. I'd better enjoy this moment, because it's going to slip right by." On Thursday we left school during lunch. I was on the bus with Grizzly, Mango, Hale, and Nikki. And other people. The first two hours there I studied nonstop. Then we stopped at a Dairy Queen. Right before we were about to leave, the cashier asks, "Does anyone here own a gold Camry?" And Mr. Scar says, "Me." "Your car just got hit." So someone hit this brand-new pickup truck, then backed into the Scar's car. AND THEN HE DROVE AWAY!!!!!! The cops were called, and the guy came back. It was a 99-year-old cowboy. So, yeah, that took a long time. We finally got back on the road. This part I actually didn't study at all. Some, but not much. We get there, the the Moody place, and we have the little 'meeting' with some ACU advertisements squeezed in. So the guy, a Woods of Brent graduate, shows us the ACU sign, and he said, "Okay, guys, I'm gonna ask you some questions. Whoever jumps up first with the Wildcat sign gets to answer the question. If you get it right, you get a free ACU t-shirt!" And, of course, Kronkenator goes all out and turns around and says, "Okay, I'm gonna get this one. I'm so gonna get it! No one stand up, okay? No one stand up." So the ACU guy asks, "What is the ACU mascot?" And Kronkenator jumps up with the Wildcat sign and goes, "WHOOPWHOOPWHOOPWHOOPWHOOPWHOOPWHOOP!!!" Yeah. Guess who got a t-shirt at least two sizes too small, but still put it on anyway? I have found that after five minutes with our Woods of Brent-filled-spirited seniors, you can get very good at cheering. And you'll always hear Bretz's signature, "Whoop, whoop! Whoop, whoop!" or Kronkenator's "Saaaaaaaaaayyyy whaaaaaaaaaaattttt??????????" Woods of Brent pride, Woods of Brent pride. I bet the other schools thought we were obnoxious. The ACU guy wants a contest for who can make the best Wildcat sound, one from each school. What does the Woods of Brent do? Simultaniously start chanting, "Bretz! Bretz! Bretz! Bretz! BretzBretzBretzBretzBRETZBRETZBRETZBRETZ!" But someone chickened out and AlliReed went up. ACU guy holds the microphone up the the first guy. What does this kid do? He screams, "WILDCAT!!!!" Everyone cracks up, and ACU guy gives a wierd look and says, "Hey, here's a cool fact! The wildcat is the only animal that says it's name!!" And Kronkenator waits until the crowd kind of stops laughing, then says, "Why else would it be called that?" No one but me heard, but, then again, it's kinda hard to miss what someone right in front of you is saying. We have the best people in our school. Then there was this really creepy guy who got the microphone and said, "Now, for me to make a wildcat sound, I have to first become one." And then handed the mic back and got on his hands and feet, then did this really wierd thing that... I don't know, I bet he doesn't have bones, he has rubber bands. Then he did pushups for good measure, then let out a yowling screech that made everyone cringe. ACU guy says, "Um... that was probably one of the most creepiest things I have ever seen. Next." (By the way, that guy won.) We go back to the hotel and Mrs. Weid talks about tomorrow and asks a high school boy to lead a song. What do we do? You guess. "Bretz! Bretz!" But someone doesn't want to lead it. So Mrs. Weid does. Then we went up to our rooms to practice our events. Grizzly, Mango, and I practiced Art Memory. Mango. FAILED!! It's not even funny, but it was. It was HILARIOUS!! Mrs. Morin said to Grizzly and I, "You're going to get 1st and 2nd place, right?" To which I replied, "First, second, and..." and Mrs. Morin turned purple laughing. Then Grizzly and I walked around the block-thing of the motel that the Woods of Brent rented out, listening to our Music Memory music. Then we caught up with Johnny and practiced with him. We quizzed each other and eventually walked over to the patio, which was covered in acorns so dried that they crushed under our feet. It was this sea of acorns ready to be crushed, and while Grizzly and I were in the middle, and guess what Johnny says? "It's like crushing baby skulls!" So Grizzly and I kind of dump him there. That's it for the night. That's all that happens.